birdie
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Post by birdie on Sept 25, 2024 14:19:39 GMT -5
Do any of you use an app for rock identification?
I'm new to the rocks in my area, so I'd like to have a bit of assistance, if anyone knows of a decent one.
Thanks!
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 25, 2024 15:01:01 GMT -5
Do any of you use an app for rock identification? I'm new to the rocks in my area, so I'd like to have a bit of assistance, if anyone knows of a decent one. Thanks! There have been a few threads about these apps. It seems the consensus is that they are not very good.
Here are a couple
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Post by vegasjames on Sept 25, 2024 15:57:32 GMT -5
The apps are pretty much worthless unless they are super obvious to begin with. They cannot determine identifying features such as hardness, density and streak.
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 25, 2024 17:04:53 GMT -5
I agree with James. I've never heard of those apps being worth a darn really...
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Post by vegasjames on Sept 25, 2024 17:11:09 GMT -5
I agree with James. I've never heard of those apps being worth a darn really... I have even heard of people taking pics of Styrofoam cups and the apps claim they are quartz. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 25, 2024 17:53:26 GMT -5
I agree with James. I've never heard of those apps being worth a darn really... I have even heard of people taking pics of Styrofoam cups and the apps claim they are quartz. ...wonder if it'll take a polish!?! LOL |
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birdie
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Post by birdie on Sept 25, 2024 19:33:55 GMT -5
I agree with James. I've never heard of those apps being worth a darn really... I have even heard of people taking pics of Styrofoam cups and the apps claim they are quartz. 😆😆😆 Yeah...... kind of was wondering if it was a thing....bummer! |
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 25, 2024 20:28:10 GMT -5
I have even heard of people taking pics of Styrofoam cups and the apps claim they are quartz. 😆😆😆 Yeah...... kind of was wondering if it was a thing....bummer! Birdie...one of the SUPER difficult parts of IDing rocks from around here is they're "non-specific". Eventually you'll learn the differences between jaspers, cherts, agates, etc. For the most part, you'll only get the "general" IDs of rocks around these parts... |
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Post by cabby on Sept 26, 2024 8:01:39 GMT -5
jasoninsd whoa, fancy labels! I’ve gotten to the point where I am doing some kind of granitoid, metasedimentary something, opaque chalcedony, quartzy whatever… only things that get anything close to names are things I am certain of at a glance such as basalt, unakite, or local pink sandstone. Not even sure if I am looking at a generic jasper or something more specific with the various weathering I find, so it’s all just chalcedony until I open it up 😆 big suspected moss agate nodule ended up being brecciated chalcedony in red jasper. What I thought was just layered (not banded) chalcedony ended up having brecciated agate inside… easier to just call it all chalcedony til I cut it lol
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birdie
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Post by birdie on Sept 26, 2024 17:14:29 GMT -5
😆😆😆 Yeah...... kind of was wondering if it was a thing....bummer! Birdie...one of the SUPER difficult parts of IDing rocks from around here is they're "non-specific". Eventually you'll learn the differences between jaspers, cherts, agates, etc. For the most part, you'll only get the "general" IDs of rocks around these parts... Yeah - I was out at the Buttes again today, and my friend brought over a rock and asked what I thought it was. I looked at it very carefully 🤔 and said "well....that's what they call a pretty rock". |
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Sept 26, 2024 18:05:23 GMT -5
Just send to me. If I keep them, you know they are good. If I send them back, I’ll even give you a name for them. Can’t promise it’ll be accurate though 😂
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 26, 2024 20:40:22 GMT -5
Birdie...one of the SUPER difficult parts of IDing rocks from around here is they're "non-specific". Eventually you'll learn the differences between jaspers, cherts, agates, etc. For the most part, you'll only get the "general" IDs of rocks around these parts... Yeah - I was out at the Buttes again today, and my friend brought over a rock and asked what I thought it was. I looked at it very carefully 🤔 and said "well....that's what they call a pretty rock". That's hilarious! I went hounding with my wife at The Buttes on Sunday. Three times she was a "stones throw" away from me (pun intended) and asked me what "this is"...each time I said, "A rock!" LOL |
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